Jump to content

Freddy Rodriguez (actor)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 107.122.161.16 (talk) at 17:00, 9 April 2022. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

For other people with the same name, see Freddy Rodriguez.
Freddy Rodriguez
Rodriguez at the April 2007 Tribeca Film Festival
Born
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
EducationLincoln Park High School
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Maria Elsie Rivera
​
(m. 1995)​
Children2

Freddy Rodriguez is an American actor.

Career

In 1995, he played Pedro Aragon, Jr., in A Walk in the Clouds with Keanu Reeves and Giancarlo Giannini and as a Vietnam veteran in Dead Presidents with Larenz Tate and Chris Tucker. Rodriguez went on to roles such as Ninja in The Pest, an obnoxious jock in Can't Hardly Wait and Carla's brother Marco on Scrubs. As a voice actor, he contributed the voice of Más y Menos on Teen Titans.

Rodriguez portrayed Federico Diaz on the hit HBO series Six Feet Under throughout its five seasons. For this role he received two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series, an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and a further three SAG nominations (also in the ensemble category).

In 2005, Rodriguez played a vicious inner city drug dealer named Hector in the movie Havoc, and a jockey in the film Dreamer, co-starring Dakota Fanning. In 2006, appeared in the film Poseidon, as a waiter, as well as played Reggie, a character who only exercised one half of his body, in M. Night Shyamalan's film Lady in the Water, and starred alongside Eva Longoria and Christian Bale in Harsh Times, his first leading role in a major theatrical release. He was seen in an episode of the hit hospital television show ER, where he played a dying comic inspired by Bill Hicks.

Rodriguez at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival

Rodriguez starred alongside Roselyn Sanchez in the 2003 movie Chasing Papi, playing "Victor" (directed by Linda Mendoza). He played busboy José Rojas in the 2006 film Bobby. He starred as El Wray in Planet Terror, Robert Rodriguez's portion of the double-feature film, Grindhouse (2007), and played the role of Gustavo Brambila in the true-life story Bottle Shock (2008). He appeared in the music video for the Santana song "Into the Night" and also made a cameo appearance as a pilot/flight attendant in the music video for the song "Glamorous" by Fergie. He starred in the popular video game Saints Row as the voice of Angelo Lopez and in the latest Merry Mixit Gap Christmas Commercial videos.[1]

On July 13, 2007, Rodriguez was added to the cast of the ABC comedy series Ugly Betty, in which he played Giovanni Rossi, a sandwich shop owner who became the love interest for Betty Suarez (played by America Ferrera). He made his debut on the series at the start of the second season, appeared in an episode of the third season and reprised the role again late in the fourth season.[2]

He played the character of CIA special operative Rick Martinez on the CBS series CHAOS. He also starred in the NBC summer series The Night Shift as Michael Ragosa.

From 2016 to 2021, Rodriguez starred as attorney and former New York City prosecutor Benny Colón in the CBS courtroom drama Bull. In May 2021, multiple news outlets reported that, following the conclusion of two separate internal workplace investigations by CBS, Rodriguez and Bull showrunner Glenn Gordon Caron would not be returning for the series's sixth season.[3] [4]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Elena of Avalor El Mistico Episode: "The Return of El Captain"
2016–21 Bull Benny Colón Main cast
2015 Ultimate Spider-Man Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099 2 Episodes
2014–15 The Night Shift Dr. Michael Ragosa 22 Episodes
2014 Teen Titans Go! Más y Menos Episode: Mas y Menos, voice
2014 Family Guy Handy Manny Episode: Herpe the Love Sore
2013, 2019 Young Justice: Invasion Eduardo "Ed" Dorado, Jr. voice
2013 Kaijudo Hector Chavez 28 Episodes, voice
2013 Perception Wesley Sumter 2 Episodes
2011–13 Generator Rex César Salazar 17 Episodes, voice
2011 CHAOS Rick Martinez 13 Episodes
2010–2012 Handy Manny Reuben Garcia Episode: Wedding Day, voice
2007–2010 Ugly Betty Gio 12 Episodes
2007 ER Simon Episode: Dying is Easy
2005–2006 Teen Titans Más y Menos 5 Episodes, voice
2005 American Dad! Hector Episode: Not Particularly Desperate Housewife, voice
2004 Static Shock Fade Episode: Army of Darkness
2003-2004 Scrubs Marco Espinosa 3 Episodes
2001-2005 Six Feet Under Federico 63 Episodes
1999 Party of Five Albert 3 Episodes
1999 Oh, Grow Up Deke

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 CBGB Idaho
2013 Fort Bliss Garver
2012 Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden Trench
2012 Soldiers of Fortune Reed
2008 Little Spirit: Christmas in New York Leo's Father
2008 Nothing like the Holidays Jesse Rodriguez
2008 Bottle Shock Gustavo Brambila
2007 Grindhouse - Planet Terror El Wray
2006 Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! Rupert Garcia
2006 Bobby Jose
2006 Lady in the Water Reggie
2006 Poseidon Marco Valentin
2005 Harsh Times Mike Alonzo
2005 Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story Manolin
2005 Havoc Hector
2004 ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico El Silver Mask Jr., El Portero Direct-to-video
2003 Dallas 362 Rubin
2003 Victor and Eddie Eddie
2003 Chasing Papi Victor
2003 Pledge of Allegiance Sean Macintyre
2001 Beyond the City Limits Topo
2000 For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story Leonel
1999 Payback Valet
1998 Can't Hardly Wait Jock
1998 Shock Television Eddie
1998 Joseph's Gift Joseph Keller
1998 My Brother Jack Joey Casale
1997 The Pest Ninja
1996 Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story Michael Maldonado
1995 A Walk in the Clouds Pedro Aragon, Jr.
1995 Dead Presidents Jose
1994 The Fence Young Terry Griff

Other Media

Year Title Role Notes
2013 LocoCycle Pablo Video Game
2007 Glamorous - Fergie - Music Video Flight Attendant Music Video
2007 Into the Night - Santana - Music Video Suicidal man Music Video
2006 Saints Row Angelo Lopez Video Game

See also

References

  1. ^ Gap press release: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/gap/35554/ Archived 2009-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "From Zap2it (July 13, 2007)". Zap2it.com. 2007-07-13. Archived from the original on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
  3. ^ Petski, Denise; Patten, Dominic (May 21, 2021). "Glenn Gordon Caron Out As 'Bull' Showrunner, Deal With CBS Studios Ends". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  4. ^ "Bull Showrunner Glenn Gordon Caron, Actor Freddy Rodriguez Ousted After Internal Investigation by CBS". People.com.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Freddy Rodriguez.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Freddy_Rodriguez_(actor)&oldid=1081782733"